{"id":2202,"date":"2010-02-25T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:46:47","slug":"gift-of-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/gift-of-giving.htm","title":{"rendered":"I Know Some Servants . . . with the Spiritual Gift of Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Spiritual Gift of Giving Defined<\/h2>\n

to share what material resources you have with liberality and cheerfulness without thought of return<\/em><\/p>\n

Examples Showing How the Gift of Giving Isn’t Dependent on Having a High Income<\/h2>\n

Servant #1:<\/strong>\u00a0 This person held a high paying, executive job in a major corporation.\u00a0 When I first began Ministry Tools Resource Center, stepping out in faith with little financial resources, I received several very large gifts from this person at critical junctions.\u00a0 He tried to give anonymously but I did find out who it was and was able to thank him.\u00a0 What a blessing!<\/p>\n

Servant #2<\/strong>:\u00a0 This person was retired and on a limited income.\u00a0 Regardless, she repeatedly purchased extra food at the grocery store and gave me her surplus knowing that I too was on a limited income because of being in ministry.\u00a0 Consequently, money that would have been spent on groceries could go toward other bills.\u00a0 What a blessing!<\/p>\n

Both of these servants had the spiritual gift of giving<\/a>.\u00a0 One was able to give big and the other in less substantial ways.\u00a0 The end result, however, was the same with both.\u00a0 I was blessed!\u00a0 I experienced God’s faithfulness to me through both of these servants, confirming His direction in my life to do this ministry.<\/p>\n

Lesson to be learned:<\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s not look at what we have, or don’t have, and say God can’t use us.\u00a0 The amount is not the issue but rather being used by God to bring about eternal good.\u00a0 Sometimes He will use the means of those who are rich and sometimes He will use the means of those who are poor.\u00a0 If He is the one using what is in our hands, it is significant.<\/p>\n

\"Ministry<\/a>Get this example of the spiritual gift of giving in use, along with 20 other gifts, in the Ministry Handbook: Spiritual Gifts in Use<\/a><\/strong>. In addition, the handbook suggests spiritual gifts most typically used in 16 broad ministry areas and 27 specific tasks that may need to be accomplished in most of those areas.<\/p>\n

You May Also Be Interested in Reading: Church Finances & the Spiritual Gift of Giving<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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